M. Sanjay Kumar | |
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Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana | |
In office 2018- Incumbent | |
Preceded by | T. Jeevan Reddy |
Constituency | Jagtial |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 June 1962 Jagtial,Telangana State,India |
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Other political affiliations | Bharat Rashtra Samithi (2018- 2024) |
Spouse | Radhika |
Children | 1 Daughter |
Parent(s) | Hanumantharao,Vatsala |
Residence(s) | Jagtial,Telangana |
Occupation | Politician &Doctor |
M. Sanjay Kumar (born 6 July 1962) is an Indian politician in the state of Telangana. [1] He is currently serving as an MLA from Jagtial constituency of Jagtial district for a second [2] term after making his debut as a law maker in 2018. [3]
Kumar was born in Anthargam village,Jagtial mandal to Vathsala and Hanumantha Rao. He studied MBBS at Siddartha Medical College,Vijayawada under Acharya Nagarjuna University in 1989. Later,he did his M.S. in ophthalmology [4] from JJM Medical College,Davanagiri in Karnataka under the Kuvempu University in 1992. [5]
He contested [6] as a Bharat Rashtra Samithi candidate and won the Jagtial seat in the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly Election defeating T. Jeevan Reddy of Congress by 15,822 votes. [7] [8] [9] [10] In 2018,Jeevan Reddy,then a sitting MLA,lost by a bigger margin of 42,439 votes. [2] [11] Sanjay joined the Congress party on 23 June 2024 in the presence of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief and chief minister A Revanth Reddy. [12]